Based on the Marvel comic this is marvel's latest attempt to add supernatural characters into their marvel Superhero universe. The "living vampire' appeared in the 1998 film "Blade" briefly and that film is on schedule for a new reboot. Having succeeded adding Dr Strange into their stable of heroes successfully this was the next step as they mull around the idea of adding "Werewolf by night", the aforementioned "Blade" and possible "Tomb of Dracula" in future. This film isn't as successful as Strtange and while it's not a bad film it isn't all that great either.
The main issue is the all too cliché plot and characters. The actors are all fine in the roles but they are not given anything new or unusual to do. I actually predicted almost all the plot beats within 5 minutes of the film starting and was not wrong about any of them. The effects are very good and some of the visuals are pretty cool but they don't add anything to the story.
This is an obvious movie made to set up their universe for other movies. It doesn't really even come to any sort of solid conclusion and so much is left unexplained it just feels unfinished and a tease by the end. A tease for what? I have to say I am not even slightly curious.
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